The Washington Post Sunday - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Like one's arm after sleeping on it, often NUMB
'HOLY SMOKES!' WOWIE
Constrictor seen on a branch TREEBOA
Vacuum ___ (device for preserving food) SEALER
'At ___!' (Army order) EASE
Externally visible parts of respiratory systems NOSES
Fledglings' dwellings NESTS
Parishioners' donations TITHES
Sly skills WILES
SET OF MUSICAL NOTES SCALE
SET OF MUSICAL NOTES CHORD
Chase scene outburst FASTER
Suck in a big way, like a food critic might? SLURP
Adjust, as a paragraph EDIT
SPINY HOUSEPLANTS ALOES
BYGONE IRANIAN RULER SHAH
'Such a pity!' ALAS
Yucky substance GOO
'For ___ purposes ...' OUR
Applause for Oklahoma City's NBA team? THUNDERCLAPS
Chicago's NFL team winning a second championship in a row? BEARSREPEATING
Chvrches singer Mayberry LAUREN
Language spoken in Peshawar URDU
Part of a geographical chain ISLET
Piece from a composer SONG
Sorcerer's spells HEXES
'Lucifer' actress Garcia AIMEE
Arctic fox's fur color WHITE
T-shirt edge HEM
Informal term for coffee JAVA
Class involving analysis of fiscal policy, for short ECON
SLACKEN LETUP
DISCOMBOBULATES ADDLES
Sharp conflict CLASH
BASE'S COUNTERPART ACID
Board, as a motorcycle HOPON
Great Plains people OSAGE
Adjust, as a constitution AMEND
Thurman of 'Prime' UMA
CORN UNIT COB
BOLDNESS PLUCK
REQUEST ASKFOR
RELATIVE OF A FERRET STOAT
KINDA ABIT
AID AND ___ ABET
DEA EMPLOYEE NARC
Tie up loose ___ ENDS
'Factotum' actress Taylor LILI
'Got a ___?' ('Do you have a moment?') SEC
Approaching, in a poem NIGH
Arranges alphabetically, say SORTS
Cylinders in sewing kits SPOOLS
Drummer Blaine HAL
Flower bed surface SOIL
Utters out loud SAYS
Winning and excellence, to Utah's NBA team? JAZZSTANDARDS
Happy players on Tampa Bay's MLB team? RAYSOFSUNSHINE
Cliffside habitat AERIE
Reminds over and over NAGS
IN ADDITION TOO
___ predators APEX
'This ___ what I had in mind' ISNT
Test administered by ETS GRE
Comedian's delivery GAG
Australia Zoo bird EMU
'Several years ___ ...' AGO
SPURS GOADS
Fabric of some jackets TWEED
Informal attire? DUDS
NBA, NFL or NHL official REF
First two words of a 'Hamlet' soliloquy TOBE
Gaming beginner NOOB
Had in one's grasp HELD
Hall of Famers who played for St. Louis's NHL team? BLUESLEGENDS
Latin word for 'water' AQUA
Like many Rig Veda readers HINDU
Little battery type AAA
Ludicrously strange SCREWY
Performance job GIG
Refined substance OIL
Slovenian currency EURO
Tablet software, maybe IOS
The R of P.R RICO
What pitchers may be made of GLASS
ACORN SOURCES OAKS
Disclosures of secret government activities LEAKS
Discord channel visitor USER
Greek food truck bread PITA
'Pop' band, 2001 NSYNC
Is bested by LOSESTO
Programs sending junk mail SPAMBOTS
Winning streak for Seattle's WNBA team? STORMSURGE
Mobile studio for a news station VAN
Sits next to ABUTS
CHEER FOR A TEAM RAH
Channel for many who fill out college basketball brackets ESPN
Dissertation committee figure, briefly PROF
'___ on Eileen' (hit for Dexys Midnight Runners) COME
Dehydration symptoms CRAMPS
Buffalo NFL players who deserve praise? BILLSOFCREDIT
Flower shop emanation AROMA
Sends out, as shadows CASTS
Chilling signs OMENS
Improved, like Edam or Gouda AGED
Subject involving DNA BIO
'Please, ___, I want some more' (line from 'Oliver Twist') SIR
Aberdonian boys LADS
First sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since Coolidge OBAMA
Comedian Rachel who played Barbara Walters on SNL and '30 Rock' DRATCH
Where one might grab a cab WINESTORE
Arizona Western College city YUMA
Mobile device features APPS
Hedge ___ (outdoor puzzle) MAZE
NULLIFIED UNDID
Mini-golf club PUTTER
MANI-PEDI PLACE SALON
Rum ___ Tugger (cat from 'Cats') TUM
Teasers for shows PROMOS
Take a seat quickly PLOPDOWN
Rockets Hall of Famer YAO